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FRINGE 2015 Workshop, ESRIN 23 Mar 2015

Copernicus Space Component Programme Status

S. Jutz, Head, ESA Copernicus Space Office

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Rome seen by Sentinel-1

Frascati

Components & Competences

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Services Component

Space Component

Overall Programme Coordination

Coordinators: Partners:

Service operators

EMCWF

Mercator Ocean

EEA

JRC

EUSC

EMSA and

FRONTEX

Industries Private

companies

National Space

Agencies Eumetsat

In-situ data are supporting the Space and Services Components

First Sentinel satellite launched 3 Apr 14 2014

Full Subscription of ESA MS to GSC-3 2014

Copernicus Key Milestones 2014

EU Regulation of the Copernicus programme

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EU-ESA Copernicus Agreement for 2014-2020 2014

2014

The Regulation, published in April 2014, establishes the operational EU Copernicus programme, the funds allocated to each Component and the responsibilities of all parties involved. It forms the legal basis for the establishment of the EU-ESA Copernicus Agreement.

The EU-ESA Agreement, signed in October 2014, defines the terms and conditions relating to the implementation of the Copernicus Space Component by ESA, e.g.:

Technical tasks entrusted to ESA within the allocated budget

Contracting Authority and procurement rules Reporting to the Commission Assets ownership transfer

Copernicus Space Component: the dedicated Sentinels …

S-1A/B: Radar Mission 3 Apr 2014/early 2016

S-2A/B: High Resolution Optical Mission June 2015/2016

S-3A/B: Medium Resolution Imaging and Altimetry Mission end 2015/2017

S-4A/B: Geostationary Atmospheric Chemistry Mission 2021/2027

S-5P: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Mission 2016

S-5A/B/C: Low Earth Orbit Atmospheric Chemistry Mission 2021/2027

S-6A/B: Altimetry Mission 2020/2025

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Sentinel-1 launched last year …

• 3 April 2014 • Kourou spaceport • Soyuz-2 rocket • New era of Earth

observation

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… and Sentinel-2 on its way

• To be launched in June 2015 • Land coverage: -56o to +83o lat • 13 spectral bands • Data spatial res: 10, 20 and 60 m • 5 days revisit time (with 2 sat)

… with a long-term operational perspective

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S-1 A/B/C/D

S-1 2nd Generation

S-2 A/B/C/D

S-2 2nd Generation

S-3 A/B/C/D

S-3 2nd Generation

S-4 A/B (on MTG)

S-5 Precursor

S-5 A/B/C (on MetOp-SG)

S-6 A/B

Access to Contributing Missions

Copernicus Contributing Missions

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Copernicus Contributing

Missions

Atmospheric missions

PROBA-V

SPOT (VGT)

MetOp Meteosat 2nd Generation

Cryosat

Jason

DMC

Deimos-2

Pléiades

RapidEye

SPOT (HRS)

COSMO-Skymed

Radarsat

TerraSAR–X Tandem-X

Copernicus Space Component: the Ground Segment …

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Copernicus Dedicated Missions

Copernicus Contributing

Missions

CSC Coordinated DA + Core GS

Copernicus Services Component

Copernicus Space

Component

Information & Products

Sentinel-5

Sentinel-2

Sentinel-4

Sentinel-3

Sentinel-1

Sentinel-6 User

In-Situ Data

Copernicus Collaborative Ground Segment

GCM GS Collaborative Centre A

Collaborative Centre A

Collaborative Centre A

Collaborative Centre A

Collaborative Centre A

User

Sentinels Data Access

Collaborative Access Hub

Copernicus Services Access

Scientific / Other Access Hub

International Agreements Access Hub

Copernicus Space Component Data Access Portal

sentinel.esa.int

EC Delegated Regulation on Data and Information Policy It entered into force in December 2013 after several months of negotiation. This Regulation is in line and reinforces the Sentinel Data Policy approved by ESA MSs in September 2013, which stipulates:

Open access to Sentinel data by anybody and for any use Free of charge data licenses Restrictions possible due to technical limitations or

security constraints.

Copernicus Contributing Missions data access will follow their owners data policies.

Copernicus Space Component: current status and way forward

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• Funding of GMES/Copernicus by ESA/EU ~8 B€ since 2006

• Third development segment under way (GSC-3) – ESA funding secured at last ESA Ministerial Council in Dec ’14

• Sentinels-1, -2 and -3 operations and procurement of recurrent units C and D (First Generation) covered by current EU MFF

• Definition of Second Generation Sentinels to start in 2017, based on user requirements from the European Commission, with support from ESA

• Next launches: Sentinel 2A and 3A this year, full operational capacity with 2 units of each Sentinel 1,2,3 family in 2017

Interested In More?

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ESA Copernicus website http://www.esa.int/copernicus EC Copernicus website http://copernicus.eu